Mixed occupation during the Middle Palaeolithic: Case study of a small pit-cave-site of Les Pêcheurs (Ardèche, south-eastern France)

On Neanderthal subsistence strategies and land use: A regional focus on the Rhone Valley area in southeastern France

“…Apart from several canine perforations which suggest a wolf-sized carnivore, it is difficult to determine which of the two canids that were present at the sites -fox or wolf -is responsible for the tooth-marks (grooves and impacts). These mark proportions, similar for ibex, and the presence of whole ibex carcasses, bones remaining in anatomical articulation, cylinders and almost Table 3 The lithic assemblages of the Middle Palaeolithic sites with recent excavations on the right bank of the Rhone Valley (Table expressed Moncel, 2006;Prucca, 2001;Coumont, 2006Coumont, , 2009Daujeard, 2008;Moncel et al, 2008c). Hominins and other carnivores probably also contributed to a lesser degree to this accumulation.…”

“…At both sites, the carnivores, mainly canids and cave bears, reach more than one third of the MNI (Table 4). Only 3% of the faunal series show damage by lithic tools (Table 5) and bones (especially ibex) show tooth-marks on respectively 13.4% and 4.3% (more than 20% for the older series; Moncel et al, 2008c) at Balazuc and Abri des Pêcheurs. For the former, the distribution of cut-marks and tooth-marks on herbivore long bone shaft fragments indicates that consumption is due first to carnivores (Table 6).…”

“…As well as Balazuc, Cervids at the Abri des Pêcheurs are young whereas ibex include both young and adult individuals (Daujeard, 2008;Moncel et al, 2008c;Moncel, in press). …”

Psychological components of middle paleolithic technology: The proceduralization of lithic core reduction

“…Boëda et al, 1990;Bourguignon et al, 2004;Braun et al, 2008;Eren et al, 2005;de la Torre and Mora, 2005;Goren-Inbar et al, 2008;Hovers, 1998;Locht and Swinnen, 1993;Moncel et al, 2008;Goring-Morris and Davidzon, 2006;Vallin et al, 2006). Fundamentally, the CO is a method for examining technical systems (Lemonnier, 1986;Shott, 2003).…”

Not Only Flint: Levallois on Quartzite and Limestone at Abrigo de la Quebrada (Valencia, Spain): Implications for Neandertal Behavior

“…Likewise, the lack of quality lithic materials in the immediate procurement sources is often associated with the expedient nature of some Middle Paleolithic industries (Geneste 1997;Moncel et al 2008;Slimak 2003). The underlying idea is that the technical constraints of Four different lithological types have so far been identified among the Quebrada raw materials: flint, limestone, quartzite, and quartz.…”